Question on Assortments

[OptimistPrime]

Is there an easy way to tell what assortment a loose figure belongs to? I'm not really seeing any way to easily distinguish how to tell whether I have G1 Hound from Assortment 3, or G1 Hound from Assortment 1, for example. If there's not an easy way to tell on Shmax currently, does anyone know of a good site that lays out the differences between assortments?

[shmax]

Hmm, I see that we do indeed have two different figure records for g1 hound. They both have photos--do they provide no hints? Ordinarily I'd suggest trying Fred's Workshop, but I don't think his site has come back online since the fall of geocities. In the meantime, Engledogg may be able to advise you, as he submitted photos for both figures...

[engledogg]

Assortment 1 Hound has no rubsign sticker (same goes for the rest of his assortment mates), whereas Assortment 3 Hound does have a rubsign sticker (as do the other Autobot cars from this assortment).

Also, Assortment 2 cars do not have a rubsign sticker, either - so, basically everything from Assortment 3 and beyond do have the symbol.

I changed the names of the subcategories to reflect the inclusion/omission of the rubsign - I also did this for the Generation 1 Jets (assortment 1 - no rubsigns, assortment 2 and beyond - rubsigns).

The rubsign is really only noticeable in the vehicle pics of Hound, so if there's one to be found on your Hound, it'll be positioned on his hood.

MIKE
engledogg

[OptimistPrime]

Yeah, Fred's site was a great resource, and in fact, I tried looking at it before making a post, but obviously that didn't work out. And holy crap, Shmax, you're up early on Turkey Day.

I figured it had to do with the rubsign, but I didn't know for sure, and wanted to get verification before I added the "wrong" figure. Yes, I'm anal like that. Anywho, thanks for the heads-up, I appreciate it. Thought I'd give Shmax's database a shot after hearing about it on TFW2005.